SAP Contract Job Trends in the City of London

SAP
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring knowledge or experience of SAP products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP over the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within SAP SE.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 33 73
Rank change year-on-year -25 +40 +2
Contract jobs citing SAP 65 117 77
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.86% 5.53% 2.71%
As % of the Vendors category 7.64% 12.54% 6.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 65 50
10th Percentile £410 £440 £413
25th Percentile £463 £513 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £540
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +11.11% -7.30%
75th Percentile £694 £688 £695
90th Percentile £721 £800 £778
Central London median daily rate £525 £600 £540
% change year-on-year -12.50% +11.11% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.79 £146.25 -
Median hourly rate £20.19 £147.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -86.31% - -
75th Percentile £20.60 £148.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £20.19 £147.50 -
% change year-on-year -86.31% - -

All Vendors
City of London

SAP falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 851 933 1,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 50.47% 44.13% 41.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 596 589 815
10th Percentile £323 £330 £315
25th Percentile £413 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £740 £789
Central London median daily rate £540 £547 £550
% change year-on-year -1.28% -0.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 9
10th Percentile £18.43 £18.70 £16.05
25th Percentile £20.18 £25.38 £17.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £71.25 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -65.61% +216.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £56.75 £118.38 £52.50
90th Percentile £64.11 £137.50 £57.90
Central London median hourly rate £24.99 £50.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -50.03% +140.96% -12.34%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

SAP job vacancy trend in the City of London

SAP
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in the City of London over the 6 months to 23 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the City of London

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP

SAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.54%) Anypoint
1 1 (1.54%) Confluence
1 1 (1.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 23 (35.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (7.69%) SAP CO
2 5 (7.69%) SAP FI
3 4 (6.15%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (4.62%) SAP HCM
4 3 (4.62%) SAP MDG
5 2 (3.08%) SAP EWM
5 2 (3.08%) SAP HR
5 2 (3.08%) SAP PLM
5 2 (3.08%) SAP Retail
5 2 (3.08%) SAP VC
6 1 (1.54%) SAP CRM
6 1 (1.54%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (1.54%) SAP GTS
6 1 (1.54%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (1.54%) SAP MM
6 1 (1.54%) SAP PS
6 1 (1.54%) SAP QM
6 1 (1.54%) SAP WM
6 1 (1.54%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.31%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (6.15%) Azure
2 4 (6.15%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.62%) Boomi
3 3 (4.62%) SaaS
4 2 (3.08%) GCP
4 2 (3.08%) Google Analytics
4 2 (3.08%) IaaS
4 2 (3.08%) iPaaS
5 1 (1.54%) ChatGPT
5 1 (1.54%) Datadog
5 1 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.54%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.54%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.54%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (1.54%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.54%) Firewall
1 1 (1.54%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.15%) Power BI
2 2 (3.08%) BigQuery
2 2 (3.08%) Looker
2 2 (3.08%) Tableau
3 1 (1.54%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.54%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.54%) Pinecone
3 1 (1.54%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.54%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (1.54%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.54%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.54%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 3 (4.62%) JIRA
General
1 26 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 21 (32.31%) Finance
3 9 (13.85%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.23%) Marketing
5 5 (7.69%) Legal
6 4 (6.15%) Banking
6 4 (6.15%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.62%) Billing
7 3 (4.62%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.62%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (4.62%) Retail
8 2 (3.08%) Electronics
8 2 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.08%) Investment Banking
8 2 (3.08%) Law
8 2 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.08%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.54%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (20.00%) Consultant
2 11 (16.92%) SAP Consultant
3 8 (12.31%) Architect
3 8 (12.31%) Lead
4 5 (7.69%) Analyst
4 5 (7.69%) SAP Architect
4 5 (7.69%) SAP Trainer
4 5 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (7.69%) Trainer
5 4 (6.15%) Developer
5 4 (6.15%) Project Manager
5 4 (6.15%) Senior
6 3 (4.62%) SAP EWM Trainer
6 3 (4.62%) SAP Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.08%) Analytics Consultant
7 2 (3.08%) Digital Analyst
7 2 (3.08%) Digital Analytics Analyst
7 2 (3.08%) Digital Analytics Consultant
7 2 (3.08%) Integration Specialist
7 2 (3.08%) SAP PLM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.77%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (3.08%) Middleware
2 2 (3.08%) Web Services
3 1 (1.54%) .NET
3 1 (1.54%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.54%) Faiss
3 1 (1.54%) HTML
3 1 (1.54%) LangChain
3 1 (1.54%) LangGraph
3 1 (1.54%) LDAP
3 1 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.54%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.54%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.54%) SAP Basis
3 1 (1.54%) SAP BSP
3 1 (1.54%) SAP Business Workflow
3 1 (1.54%) SAP PI
3 1 (1.54%) SOAP
3 1 (1.54%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.62%) Replication
2 2 (3.08%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.08%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (3.08%) Life Science
2 2 (3.08%) Private Cloud
2 2 (3.08%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.54%) BYOD
3 1 (1.54%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.54%) Digital Media
3 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.54%) FMCG
3 1 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.54%) IPTV
3 1 (1.54%) New Media
3 1 (1.54%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.54%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.54%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 9 (13.85%) Project Management
2 9 (13.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (12.31%) Agile
3 8 (12.31%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (12.31%) Migration
3 8 (12.31%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (9.23%) Change Management
4 6 (9.23%) Data Migration
4 6 (9.23%) Logistics
5 5 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (7.69%) ERP
5 5 (7.69%) Project Delivery
5 5 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
5 5 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (6.15%) Analytics
6 4 (6.15%) Document Management
6 4 (6.15%) Validation
7 3 (4.62%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.77%) ABAP
2 5 (7.69%) SQL
3 1 (1.54%) C#
3 1 (1.54%) C++
3 1 (1.54%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.54%) Python
3 1 (1.54%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 7 (10.77%) SC Cleared
1 7 (10.77%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.69%) Degree
3 2 (3.08%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.54%) APMG
4 1 (1.54%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.08%) PMO
2 1 (1.54%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.54%) GAAP
2 1 (1.54%) QA
2 1 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.54%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.54%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 7 (10.77%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.69%) Salesforce
3 4 (6.15%) Ariba
3 4 (6.15%) Oracle
3 4 (6.15%) Workday
4 2 (3.08%) Alteryx
4 2 (3.08%) Concur
4 2 (3.08%) Databricks
4 2 (3.08%) Google
4 2 (3.08%) OpenText
4 2 (3.08%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (1.54%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (1.54%) Citrix
5 1 (1.54%) DocuSign
5 1 (1.54%) HP
5 1 (1.54%) IFS
5 1 (1.54%) Informatica
5 1 (1.54%) Kronos
5 1 (1.54%) MuleSoft